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Sheila Jackson Lee
Sheila Jackson Lee
The Congressional Black Caucus has put forward nine-term Texas representative Sheila Jackson Lee as a replacement for outgoing Homeland Security secretary Janet Napolitano. Here’s a look at Lee’s take on important issues in recent years.
GUN CONTROL: “Don’t condemn the gangbangers, they’ve got guns that are trafficked, that are not enforced, that are straw purchased and they come into places even that have strong gun laws. Why? Because we don’t have sensible gun legislation.” (April, 2013)
FEDERAL BUDGET: "I stand here as a freed slave because this Congress came together." — Objecting to sequester cuts. (February, 2013)
FARM BILL: “The only thing that this House will do when it votes today is defeat starving children. It will again put starving children in the abyss of the uncaring attitude of my friends who, for the first time in decades, are separating the hardline of the farm bill.” — On passage of the farm bill without funding for food stamps (July, 2013)
ABORTION: “We’re going back to the days of coat hangers. That’s what they want to do. They want to criminalize doctors. … The women of Texas are particularly victims. It’s the world. It’s the holistic approach of coming after women.” — On a law limiting sex-selective abortions (May, 2012)
ABORTION: “I think the next act will be dragging women out of patient rooms into the streets and screaming over their bodies as they get dragged out of getting access to women’s health care. That’s what I feel like is occurring today with the legislation that is on the floor.” (May, 2012)
SELF-DEFENSE LAWS: After the acquittal of George Zimmerman, Lee re-introduced the “Justice Exists for Us All Act,” which would pressure states to replace “stand your ground” laws with a “duty to retreat.” (July, 2013)
MANAGEMENT STYLE: Lee was profiled as the “Congressional Boss from Hell” by the Daily Caller in March, 2011. Among the alleged tirades to her staffers: “You don’t understand. I am a queen, and I demand to be treated like a queen!” and “What am I? A prostitute? Am I your prostitute? You can’t prostitute me.”
THE WAR ON TERROR: “I would like to have a hearing on right-wing extremists, ideologues who advocate violence and advocate, in essence, the terrorizing of certain groups. . . . My concern with the focus of the hearings that we have had is the isolation of certain groups.” — At a Congressional hearing on Muslim radicalization (July, 2011)
THE WAR ON TERROR: “I will tell you today that this breathing document is in pain.” — Holding up a copy of the Constitution at the hearing (July, 2011)
HEALTH CARE: “This is about saving lives. This is killing Americans, if we take this bill away, if we repeal this bill.” — Decrying a vote to repeal Obamacare (January, 2011)
RULES OF ORDER: Judiciary Committee chairman Bob Goodlatte tussled with Lee when she refused to follow parliamentary procedure during testimony by AG Eric Holder. Said Goodlatte: “The gentlewoman’s point of order is not well taken, because there is no such rule that would require the committee to treat this like we were in a trial.” (March, 2013)
FEDERAL BUDGET: “I do not understand what I think is the maligning and maliciousness [toward] this president. Why is he different? And in my community, that is the question that we raise. In the minority community that is question that is being raised. Why is this president being treated so disrespectfully?” — Suggesting racial motives in the debt-ceiling stand-off with Congress (July, 2011)
AFFIRMATIVE ACTION: Lee complained that the official list of hurricane names maintained by the World Meteorological Organization did not include those associated with the black community. Said Lee: “All racial groups should be represented.” Her suggestions: Keisha, Jamal, and Deshawn. (April, 2006)
WE ARE THE WORLD: “Many people don’t understand the hearts of entertainers. They don’t know how big their hearts are. They don’t know how they heal the world on behalf of America.” — Eulogizing Michael Jackson. Lee proposed Congressional resolution honoring the singer. (July, 2009)
VOTING RIGHTS: Lee claimed that black people in Virginia remain “enslaved” because those who are convicted felons must apply for restoration of their voting rights. (March, 2010)
THE WAR ON WOMEN: After condemning Rush Limbaugh for his comments about Sandra Fluke, Lee was asked on camera to condemn Bill Maher for his multiple misogynistic comments about Sarah Palin. Lee ignored the request. (March, 2012)
GEO-POLITICS: “Today, we have two Vietnams, side by side, North and South, exchanging and working. We may not agree with all that North Vietnam is doing, but they are living in peace. I would look for a better human rights record for North Vietnam, but they are living side by side.” — Comparing the war in Afghanistan to Vietnam (July, 2010)
MORE GEO-POLITICS: “It kept people out, and it kept people in.” — Summarizing the history of the Berlin Wall. She also accused Republicans of offering “the old Berlin Wall, again separating the north from the south” over their insistence on a Mexican border fence. (December, 2005)
HEALTH CARE: “One might argue that education and health care fall into those provisions of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.” — Finding a right to government-provided health care in the Declaration of Independence (May, 2013)
SPACE EXPLORATION: While visiting the Mars Pathfinder Mission Control Center, Lee asked whether the remote rover had taken pictures of the American flag planted by Neil Armstrong in 1969. (October, 1997)
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Assad on Instagram
Assad on Instagram
Embattled Syrian president Bashar Assad has taken to the picture-sharing service Instagram to try and put a more pleasant face on his government even as a brutal civil war rages. Here's a look.
The account "syrianpresidency" is filled with pictures of Assad meeting citizens, shaking hands, thanking his brave troops, waving to crowds — a very mundane face for the regime's leader.
Though no doubt heavily staged-managed, the images try to evoke the casual and informal vibe common on Instragram and other social media venues.
The U.S. State Department was not amused by the new venture. Said deputy spokeswoman Marie Harf: "It's repulsive that the Assad regime would use this to gloss over the brutality and suffering it's causing."
Said Harfa: “To see what's really happening right now in Syria, to see the horrific atrocities in Homs and elsewhere, we would encourage people to take a look at unfiltered photos of what's actually happening on the ground."
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Dispatches from the Front
Dispatches from the Front
JULY 2013: The men and women of the United States armed forces conduct combat and security operations across the globe every day. Here’s a look at current deployments. Pictured, Marine Corps Lance Corporal Jonathan Robertson, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, Regimental Combat Team 7, at Camp Leatherneck in Afghanistan. (Photo: Corporal Kowshon Ye)
MARINE CORPS: Warrant Officer Jimmy Chon, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, on guard during Operation Grizzly in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Marines with Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, exit a CH-53E Super Stallion during an operation at Tangi Sufla in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Ashley E. Santy)
Marines with Georgian Liaison Team Nine and Georgian Army soldiers board an MV-22B Osprey assigned to VMM-264 (the “Black Knights”) during Operation Northern Lion II in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Marines with Fox Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, board a CH-53E Super Stallion during an operation at Now Zad, Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Ashley E. Santy)
Navy Hospital Corpsman Christopher Meiers, Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, provides security during mission rehearsals at Camp Leatherneck. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Marines with Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, exit a CH-53E Super Stallion at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Ashley E. Santy)
Marines with Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, exit a CH-53E Super Stallion at Camp Bastion, Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Ashley E. Santy)
Corporal Michael Emerson, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, scans for threats during Operation Grizzly in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Lance Corporal Matthew Barbour, Echo company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines on a dismounted patrol in Helmand Province. (Photo: Lance Corporal David McKenzie)
Sergeant Joshua Farrell, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, patrols during Operation Grizzly in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Lance Corporal Ian De la Cruz, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, scans the area during counter-insurgency operations in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
First Lieutenant Scott Mahaffey, Echo company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, on a dismounted patrol in Helmand Province. (Photo: Lance Corporal David McKenzie)
Marines with Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, conduct counter-insurgency operations in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Captain Bob J. Sise, Georgian Liaison Team-9, talks with Afghan children during Operation Northern Lion II. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Staff Sergeant Paul Rogers, Georgian Liaison Team 9, talks with Afghans during a patrol in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Geoffrey K. Scarborough)
Sergeant Robert Medel and an Afghan linguist, both with Echo Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, interview an Afghan man while on patrol in Helmand province. (Photo: Lance Corporal David McKenzie)
Lance Corporal Christopher Ward, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, kicks in a locked door at a compound in Helmand Province.
Corporal Jbenjamin Medor, Fox Company, Second Battalion, Second Marine Regiment, photographs evidence during counter-insurgency operations in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Corporal Arnold H. Cabral (right) adjusts gear belonging to Capt. Bob J. Sise during operation Northern Lion II in Helmand Province. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Corporal Stephen Dodd, Regimental Combat Team 7, takes aim during a foreign weapons and NATO ballistics live-fire shoot at Camp Leatherneck. (Photo: Sergeant Ezekiel R. Kitandwe)
Marines with Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment prepare for mission rehearsals at Camp Leatherneck. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Marines with Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, prepare for mission rehearsals at Camp Leatherneck. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
Corporal Sean Abrusci, Echo company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marines, provides security during a dismounted patrol in Helmand Province. (Photo: Lance Corporal David McKenzie)
Corporal Adam Cook, Second Law Enforcement Battalion, rests with his working dog, Falco, during a patrol in Mohammadabad, Helmand Province, Afghanistan. (Photo: Corporal Geoffrey K. Scarborough)
A Marine with Golf Company, Second Battalion, Eighth Marine Regiment, with his improvised explosive device detection dog at Camp Leatherneck. (Photo: Corporal Alejandro Pena)
AIR FORCE: Airmen with the 36th Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron prepare a B-52 Stratofortress at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. (Photo: Airman First Class Marianique Santos)
An F-16 Fighting Falcon approaches a KC-135 Stratotanker for refueling over Southeast Asia. (Photo: Staff Sergeant Robert Barnett)
Major Matt Paetzhold, 74th Fighter Squadron, pilots an A-10 Thunderbolt II towards the refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker over Southeast Asia. (Photo: Staff Sergeant Robert Barnett)
A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft pilot acknowledges a wave from a Polish air force maintainer at Aviano Air Base in Italy. (Photo: Staff Sergent Daryl Knee)
Airmen with the 48th Security Forces Squadron make ready for force-on-force training at the Stanford Training Area in Norfolk, England. (Photo: Airman First Class Dana J. Butler)
Airman First Class Andrew Willard, 455th Expeditionary Maintenance Squadron, inspects a HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter with the 56th Expeditionary Helicopter Maintenance Unit at Bagram Air Field.
ARMY: Private First Class Carlos Pena, Bravo Troop, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division, provides cover as a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter lands in Kunduz Province. (Photo: First Lieutenant Charles Morgan)
Soldiers conduct pre-combat checks at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak. (Photo: Specialist Jovi Prevot)
Soldiers with Security Forces Advisory and Assistance Team Blackhorse, First Squadron, 32nd Cavalry Regiment, First Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, board a CH-47 Chinook helicopter at Forward Operating Base Fenty in Nangarhar Province. (Photo: Sergeant Margaret Taylor)
Soldiers with Fourth Brigade Combat Team, Tenth Mountain Division, arrive at Forward Operating Base Gamberi, Afghanistan. (Photo: Sergeant Eric Provost)
Soldiers with Bravo Troop, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division, patrol in Kunduz Province. (Photo: First Lieutenant Charles Morgan)
Sergeant Robert Avila (top) works with Specialist Carter Fletcher, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, First Infantry Division, during training in Kunduz Province. (Photo: First Lieutenant Charles Morgan)
Specialist Carlos Pena, Bravo Troop, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, takes aim with an M-249 light machine gun on the range in Kunduz. (Photo: First Lieutenant Charles Morgan)
Soldiers with Apache Troop, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, walk a patrol in Kunduz Province. (Photo: Second Lieutenant Sven Jenson)
Private First Class Nicholas Obradovich, Alpha Troop, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, Third Brigade Combat Team, maintains security in Kunduz Province. (Photo: First Lieutenant Charles Morgan)
Specialist Kwanghsin Wang (left) and Sergeant Heath Caito, Hotel Troop, Sixth Squadron, Fourth Cavalry Regiment, maintain security at Checkpoint 5 in Kunduz Province. (Photo: First Lieutenant Charles Morgan)
Sergeant Vincent Santos, Echo Company, 1-294th Infantry Regiment, Guam Army National Guard, stands guard at Forward Operating Base Lightning in Paktya Province. (Photo: Sergeant Eddie Siguenza)
Sergeant Fode Toure, Bravo Battery, First Battalion, Sixth Field Artillery Regiment, conducts a dismounted reconnaissance patrol near Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak. (Photo: Specialist Jovi Prevot)
Sergeant James Burchill, Bravo Troop, First Squadron, Combined Task Force Dragoon, looks over operations at Forward Operating Base Zangabad in Kandahar Province. (Photo: Specialist Joshua Edwards)
Soldiers with Second Battalion, 23rd Infantry Regiment, conduct security reconnaissance at the Afghanistan-Pakistan border crossing in Spin Boldak District. (Photo: Staff Sergeant Shane Hamann)
Specialist Nicholas J. Troche, Bravo Battery, First Battalion, Sixth Field Artillery Regiment, on a dismounted reconnaissance patrol near Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak. (Photo: Specialist Jovi Prevot)
Soldier with Second Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, Fourth Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division, conducts a patrol near Forward Operating Base Salerno in Khost Province. (Photo: Sergeant Joshua S. Edwards)
Soldiers at Forward Operating Base Spin Boldak load a wounded Afghan Border Policeman into a medical evacuation helicopter. (Photo: Staff Sergeant Shane Hamann)
First Lieutenant James Gaffney (left) and Captain Maxwell Pappas, Troop C, First Squadron, 89th Cavalry Regiment, Second Security Forces Assistance Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, overlook an Afghan National Security Forces convoy in Paktika Province. (Photo: Sergeant Mark A. Moore II)
Soldiers salute during a memorial service for fallen Private First Class Errol D. Milliard at Shindad Air Base in Herat Province. (Photo: Staff Sergeant Neill A. Sevelius)
NAVY: Plane captains assigned to HSM-75 (the “Wolfpack”) on the flight deck of USS Nimitz. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Jess Lewis)
The USNS Charles R. Drew (left) conducts a replenishment at sea with the guided-missile destroyer USS Momsen. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Gregory A. Harden II)
Sailors and Marines aboard an amphibious landing craft conduct well-deck operations during a joint-force exercise aboard USS Bonhomme Richard. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Andrew B. Church)
An MH-60S Seahawk helicopter lowers supplies to the deck of the guided-missile cruiser USS San Jacinto (CG 56) during a vertical replenishment maneuver.
Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Skiesha Church signals to an Australian Army Black Hawk from the deck of USS Germantown. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Christopher Lindahl)
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Michael Felciano and Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) Airman Apprentice Ebony Ballard re-position on the flight deck of USS Kearsarge. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Tamara Vaughn)
Lieutenant Richard Dorsey signals to launch an F/A-18E Super Hornet assigned to VFA-147 (the “Argonauts”) from the flight deck of USS Nimitz. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Raul Moreno Jr.)
Culinary Specialist Second Class Duane-Claude Blackstone fires a .50-cal. machine gun during a live fire exercise aboard USS San Jacinto.
Seaman Apprentice Robert Nunez (left) and Seaman Apprentice Amy M. Haskins stand watch on the signal bridge aboard USS Nimitz. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Aiyana Paschal)
Aviation machinists with HSC-28 secure an MH-60S Seahawk helicopter to the flight deck of USS Kearsarge. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Tamara Vaughn)
Aviation Machinist Mate Third Class James Alvarado performs pre-flight checks on an MH-60S Seahawk aboard USS Kearsarge. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Second Class Corbin J. Shea)
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate (Handling) 2nd Class Jennifer Warnhoff signals to an AV-8B Harrier assigned to VMA-223 (the “Bulldogs”) aboard USS Wasp. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Caleb Cooper)
Sailors prepare an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to VFA-147 (the “Argonauts”) for launch on the flight deck of USS Nimitz. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Jess Lewis)
Aviation Boatswain’s Mate Second Class Eldeen Ebanks signals to the pilot of an AV-8B Harrier that he is cleared for launch from the flight deck of USS Bonhomme Richard. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Apprentice Edward Guttierrez III)
An F/A-18 Super Hornet from VFA-195 (the “Dambusters”) prepares to launch from the flight deck of USS George Washington. (Photo: Mass Communication Specialist Third Class Ramon G. Go)
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Detroit on Film
Detroit on Film
Detroit's recent bankruptcy filing has put the Motor City back in the news and on opinion pages. As one of America's most distinctive big cities, Detroit has also been the backdrop for a number of films and television shows over the years. Here's a look. (Spoiler alert: Cops and robbers abound.)
RoboCop (1987): Some commentators have singled out this science-fiction classic as a particularly apt metaphor for the city's current doldrums. In the film, violent criminal gangs have overwhelmed the city, which in desperation has turned to a private corporation, Omni Consumer Products (OCP), to run its police force.
A rookie cop (Peter Weller) is nearly killed in a gruesome firefight, then rebuilt as a robot-human hybrid called Robocop. Armed with a big gun — and some very generous guidelines involving "stop and frisk" — Robocop quickly starts to restore order.
OCP is planning to tear down the city of "Old Detroit" and erect a mega-billion-dollar development called Delta City.
Dick Jones is the chief corporate baddy in the film, secretly in league with a vicious crime boss. He also wants to sell the glitch-ridden ED-209 police robot (pictured) to the Pentagon.
RoboCop 2 (1990): In the sequel, OCP is trying to get Detroit to default on its debt so it can take over and pave the way for Delta CIty. It starts by terminating police pensions in order to precipitate a strike.
RoboCop 3 (1993) By this time, OCP is broke and a Japanese conglomerate steps in to try and drive away residents, once again pitting citizens against corporate security forces.
RoboCop (2014): The revamp of the franchise debuts next year, and will again be set in a Detroit riven by violent streets and corporate intrigue, this time by a company famous for its war-fighting drones.
Gran Torino (2008): Clint Eastwood stars (and directs) as a crusty old bigot and retired auto worker struggling to cope with the influx of Hmong immigrants to his lower-class Highland Park neighborhood. Inevitably for an Eastwood film, violence ensues.
8 Mile (2002): Named after the real-life roadway that separates the lower- and upper-income areas of Detroit, this film is the quasi-autobiographical story of Eminem's rise in the black-dominated world of rap music.
Dreamgirls (2006): The big-screen adaptation of the Broadway hit starred Beyoncé Knowles and Jennifer Hudson as singers pursuing their dreams in Motown's competitive music industry.
Grosse Pointe Blanke (1997): John Cusack stars in this romantic comedy about a depressed hit man who reconnects with his high-school sweetheart (Minnie Driver) during a violence-packed reunion weekend in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe.
The Crow (1994): Based on the comic-book about a murdered guitarist (Brandon Lee) who returns from the dead to take his vengeance. The film dramatizes the infamous "Devil's Night" Halloween rioting that plagued Detroit for decades.
Out of Sight (1998): George Clooney stars as a prison escapee making his way to the wealthy Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, where a cache of uncut diamond owned by a loose-lipped inmate awaits. Jennifer Lopez co-stars as a U.S. Marshal on the case.
Action Jackson (1988): Carl Weathers (Apollo Creed from the Rocky films) plays a Detroit police detective on the trail of a crime lord who is murdering uncooperative union members.
Assault on Precinct 13 (2005): This remake moves the storyline to Detroit's oldest police station, where an incarcertated crime lord draws the attention of a group of would-be assassins who lay siege to the police inside.
Exit Wounds (2001): Steven Seagal plays a Detroit cop whose reward for saving the vice president from a right-wing militia attack is to be assigned to the city's worst precinct.
Four Brothers (2005): Mark Wahlbeg and Tyrese Gibson star as four men investigating the murder of their adoptive mother in a Highland Park convenience store.
Blue Collar (1978): Comedian Richard Pryor (at right) heads a trio of Detroit auto workers fed up with mistreatment by management and the union brass who plot to rob a safe at union headquarters.
Beverly Hills Cop (1984): Largely set in the affluent enclave in the title, the story begins in Detroit, where a reckless cop (Eddie Murphy) deals with the murder of his childhood friend by out-of-town thugs.
The Virgin Suicides (1999): Set in the affluent Grosse Pointe suburb in the 1970s, this drama centers on the mystery surrounding five sisters who take their own lives.
Freaks and Geeks: The short-lived cult-hit TV show follows the lives of a group of 1970s high school students struggling with teenage life in a fictional Detroit suburb. The show featured the debuts of (pictured, from left) James Franco, Seth Rogen, and Jason Segel.
Home Improvement: The long-running sitcom, starring Tim Allen as the host of a tool show, was set in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak. Star Allen grew up in Detroit.
Martin: Comedian Martin Lawrence played a Detroit disc jockey along with a set of other characters including Sheneneh Jenkins (at right).
Sister Sister: This family-oriented sitcom starred real-life sisters Tia and Tamera Mowry. Their on-screen characters were twins reunited after living apart in Detroit's inner city (Tia) and affluent suburbs (Tamera).
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Homemade Weapons in Syria
Homemade Weapons in Syria
Throughout the bloody Syrian civil war, rebel fighters have used homemade bombs and artillery to press their revolt against more heavily-armed government forces. Here’s a look at some of the weapons being deployed by the Free Syrian Army. Pictured, an improvised grenade is lit before being fired from a shotgun in Damascus.
WORKSHOPS OF WAR: Manufacturing homemade munitions in the old city of Aleppo.
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The ‘Great War’
Images from the “Great War”
July 28 marks 99 years since the outbreak of World War I, the so-called “Great War,” which lasted more than four years and introduced the world to the horrors of modern warfare. Here’s a look back at newspaper images published during the war, from the collection of the Library of Congress.
These images represented a new technological leap in the use of photography and illustrations by newspapers of the day. Called rotogravure printing, it allowed for the reproduction of high-quality images for a mass newspaper audience.
These images were collected and published by the New York Times in The War of the Nations in 1919. Presented here are the original captions that accompanied the images.
German riflemen behind improvised defenses resisting a strong attack against their position, while their officer, standing by the cottage, watches through glasses the effects of their fire.
An Austrian artillery detachment, assisted by Germans, pulling into position one of the Skoda 42-centimeter guns which have proved themselves capable of great execution.
Intense animation is shown in this picture of the disembarkation of German troops, who have been transported on barges, to try to check the onward rush of hostile armies.
French cavalry patrol scouting on the line of the Aisne, to which the Germans had been driven back in their first invasion, after they had come within twenty-two miles of Paris.
German infantry drawn up at the edge of a forest with their eyes and thoughts intent upon the objective before them and ready at the word of command to rush forward to the assault.
The Aisne will be a memorable river in French annals, for it was to there that the Germans were driven when Paris was almost within their grasp. German troops are holding a first-line trench on the river bank.
Detachment of the British Royal Marines marching through the main square of Ostend, on the Belgian coast, where they had just been landed by one of the British dreadnoughts.
Highland regiments marching to the music of the bagpipes through Boulogne, France, on their way to reinforce the small British forces that were being pressed back by the first German invasion.
French lancers passing through a little town in Belgium, in August of 1914, over roads that soon were to be swept by shells and through a smiling countryside, as yet unvexed by war.
Especially picturesque were the Algerian cavalry, splendidly mounted, and filled with warlike ardor that made them a most valuable auxiliary to the cause of the Allies.
Old French farmer, who himself had fought under the colors, offering hospitality to French dragoons.
A battered town in the region of the Argonne that shows the devastation wrought by shell fire. German artillery is trundling through on the way to thwart a threatened counterattack.
German outpost in the hilly region of Caronne, France, where some of the heaviest fighting of the war occurred when the Germans made their great thrust toward Paris.
Detachment of Uhlans, the crack cavalry of the German army, advancing before the infantry in order to screen their operations from the enemy.
French chasseurs, light cavalry, passing through Rouen after the retirement from Tournal, where they fought a rearguard action with the Germans in their first advance toward Paris.
Ruins of one of the concealed Belgian ports near Brussels being examined by German officers after they had wrecked it, to see if it was still capable of repair.
Starbrouck Fort was one of the ring that surrounded Antwerp. When the Belgians were forced to evacuate the city, they blew it up so that it would be of no military advantage to the enemy.
Firing position of one of the monster Austrian 30.5 centimeter guns, before the impact of whose projectiles the stoutest masonry crumbles.
German soldiers straining at the ropes by which they are hauling a ponderous siege gun into position for attack.
The Germans in their invasion of France had to cross rivers of considerable depth and width. The French armed barges with cannon, and they were of marked service in retarding the enemy advance.
A score of men are needed to operate this great gun, used by the British on the Somme. It has just been loaded, and is receiving a final adjustment of aim from the gun layer.
A Belgian outpost on the bank of the river Nethe, which the invading Germans are moving upon in great force, and the crossing of which would threaten the defenders’ flank.
Solitary Belgian soldier in an advanced post, strongly defended by sand bags, operating a Maxim machine gun and glancing along the sights to make sure his aim is accurate.
Modern armies are firm believers in the maxim that no hungry soldier is a good fighting man, and the field kitchens here shown illustrate the importance attached to this by the German army leaders.
Artillery warfare at its height is shown in this stirring picture, the gun in the foreground has just been discharged and its crew are running toward it to reload.
French troops building shelters for the winter in the Somme district, where the lack of other materials made it necessary to use sand bags to make the walls.
Interior of French dugout, with officers working on their maps and reports. The season is winter, and heat is furnished by the small portable stove seen in the recess.
Detachment of French infantry on way to the front stopping for brief breathing spell at the roadside.
French chasseurs plodding over the freshly fallen snow in the Vosges Mountains to take up a new position against the Germans, who are threatening that gateway to the heart of France.
British gunners, stripped to the waist, serving one of their monster guns in the great allied offensive in Picardy that marked the beginning of the end of German power.
The very soul of France the indomitable looks through the eyes of these French soldiers on duty at Verdun: grim, watchful, determined to die rather than yield that gateway to Paris.
American gunners sighting and firing a big gun of the howitzer type, and destroying German defenses in preparation for an advance by the infantry.
American cavalrymen, convoying supplies between the Marne and the Ourcq, enjoying a breathing spell.
Dressing station on the British front where hundreds of German captives receive skillful surgical treatment.
The utter desolation wrought by war has seldom been more fully shown than in this picture of the gateway to the battlefield, over which contending armies have advanced and retreated in hot fighting.
Austrian detachments holding the trenches in Galicia dug through the snow-covered soil, awaiting an expected Russian attack.
Russian trench near Baronvitsky at the moment when it is flooded by the Germans with asphyxiating gas.
Members of the 60th Regiment, New York National Guard, later 165th Infantry U.S.A., departing for temporary camp from which they were shortly to be sent to France.
Wounded British soldiers by the hundreds receiving what slight aid can be given them before the ambulances come to take them back to the base hospital.
Hospital express train of the British Red Cross provided with nurses, doctors, and every comfort, speeding toward the coast where the wounded were to be taken to England.
Altar of Liberty at Madison Square dedicated to celebrations in honor of visiting Allied commissions.
Handsome structure in Paris of one of the organizations engaged in welfare work for soldiers, where all the comforts and some of the luxuries of home are at the disposal of Americans in service.
Underground dugout of a welfare organization at the front, carefully camouflaged to screen it from hostile aviators, and offering all that is possible in the stress of actual war.
The United State dreadnought Pennsylvania, of largest and most powerful class, starting down the way to the water at Newport News, Virginia, March 16,1915.
The American dreadnought Arizona, of 32,000 tons, taking the water. She was the first fighting ship built for any nation equipped with the electric drive.
One of the most successful naval guns and the type mainly used to man merchant ships. It is being loaded with a complete cartridge, and is equipped with delicate range finders.
Great armor-piercing shells, weighing half a ton or more apiece, being loaded on an American dreadnought that is preparing to sail for European waters.
Grass growing in rungs of Arras Cathedral and typifying the utter desolation of the glorious structures now open to sun and storm.
Chateau shelled savagely by the Germans after they had been driven from the vicinity by the Canadians. Hundreds of these charming structures have suffered a similar fate.
German delegates on their way to the armistice conference with Marshal Foch reaching the first French lines near Haudroy Nov. 7, 1918.
View from a British destroyer of the German fleet steaming in to surrender, morning of Nov. 21, 1918.
The President and Mrs. Wilson in Buckingham Palace, London. Photographed in the company of King George, Queen Mary and their daughter, Princess Mary.
The freedom of the city of London tendered to President Wilson at the Guildhall, before an assemblage including some of England’s greatest men and women.
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